{"product_id":"first-in-his-class-9780684818900","title":"First In His Class","description":"Who exactly is Bill Clinton, and why was he, of all the brilliant and ambitious men in his generation, the first in his class to reach the White House? Drawing on hundreds of letters, documents, and interviews, David Maraniss explores the evolution of the personality of our forty-second president from his youth in Arkansas to his 1991 announcement that he would run for the nation's highest office. In this richly textured and balanced biography, Maraniss reveals a complex man full of great flaws and great talents. First in His Class is the definitive book on Bill Clinton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Maraniss is an associate editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a finalist three other times. Among his bestselling books are biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Roberto Clemente, and Vince Lombardi, and a trilogy about the 1960s--\u003ci\u003eRome 1960\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOnce in a Great City \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the RFK Book Prize); and \u003ci\u003eThey Marched into Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and Pulitzer Finalist in History).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503642644754,"sku":"9780684818900","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c29e3b9-8a6e-45b6-99c9-74b861cc4424.jpg?v=1730794801","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/first-in-his-class-9780684818900","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}